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01-02-2008, 03:18 AM
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| Greetings from Japan
I've been working for more than 20 years in guitar industries in Japan and established my own company this year. I can carry huge kinds of guitar parts (of course pickup parts also !) from Japan and other Asian countries.
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01-02-2008, 03:26 AM
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Greetings to you too. Happy new year as well. That should be music to the ears for these guys here. Enjoy yourself : ) | |
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01-02-2008, 04:49 AM
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A very, very welcome to you sir. This is a great place to talk pickups.
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01-02-2008, 05:08 AM
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This is my guy... Glad you could make it!  If anyone is looking for something, he'd be the guy to ask. |
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01-02-2008, 07:23 AM
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Glad your here Montreux. I would love to have a more direct source for pickup parts. The suppliers here in the USA are just not reliable unfortunately. Frequent backorders and poor customers service seem to be the norm. Welcome! 
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01-02-2008, 10:09 AM
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| Old Timer  Join Date: May 2006 Location: Planet Mongo in the country of PAF
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Greetings as well, so lets get serious. Do you have unfinished, unplated raw nickel silver humbucker covers available in 50mm pole spacing or Gibson spacing. What is minimum order quantity? What kind of humbucker bobbins do you carry and is it possible to get a sample of two pole screw and two slug side bobbins? Do you have a parts list with pricing, like an excel file or web link? Thanks, hope we can do business...Dave |
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01-02-2008, 10:58 AM
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| Tone Mechanic Join Date: Dec 2006
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Greetings from the USA and Happy New Year. As mentioned by others, high quality nickel silver pickup covers, baseplates (long and short legged), high quality metal spacer bars, high quality affordable fillister pole piece screws (in C1018 and C1022 steal), and slugs. Available in nickel, gold, and black plating would be nice. Quantity discounts would also be nice. |
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01-02-2008, 12:33 PM
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Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your new business! Do you have a product and pricing list available yet? |
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01-02-2008, 01:55 PM
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You are welcome Montreux. Itīs nice having a source for getting parts. |
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01-02-2008, 04:06 PM
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Welcome, Glad to have you here. And yes a parts list like others asked would be really nice and very much appreciated.  |
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01-02-2008, 07:13 PM
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01-02-2008, 07:35 PM
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Hi and Welcome. I will try to get right to the basics as quickly as possible... What do you have, how much does it cost and how quickly can we get it in our hands? I think that is what most of us want to know... At least for a start... And a very warm welcome, AC |
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01-02-2008, 07:58 PM
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Dear, Everybody Thanks for lots of inquiry for pickup parts. I'm really wondering why US major parts suppliers can't carry good pickup parts from Japan or Asian countries. I've just started my own business, so no price list, no business policy (like MOQ), no website yet. Followings are summary of parts I can supply. 1. Unplated (of course plated) N/S pickup covers with some kinds of string spaces 2. N/S bassplate for humbuckers 3. N/S chrome or plated Tele pickup covers (same as Lindy Fralin is using) 4. ABS resin bobbins etc etc... Lots of US pickup companies are using these 1. 2 and 4. Now I don't have any inventory of parts but after Japanese new year holiday (until Jan 6th) I will order these parts asap. I can get by the end of Feb. Please send an e-mail to my own address about further questions. Really thank you for your interest ! Last edited by Montreux; 01-02-2008 at 09:57 PM. |
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01-02-2008, 10:50 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Guelph, Ontario
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Welcome Montreux! I'll be after the single coil parts! Glad you could make it to the forum |
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01-02-2008, 10:59 PM
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Welcome to the forum! The others are right, a good parts catalog would be a big help indeed. Do you just make metal/plastic parts, or do you make Forbon parts like Jazz Bass bobbin plates too? Ken |
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01-03-2008, 02:19 AM
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Welcome. E-mail on the way.
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01-03-2008, 02:41 AM
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Dear, customers I will re-check the possibility of export fiber (both Black and Gray) bobbins for Strat, Tele, P-bass and J-bass next week after Japanese new year holiday. Even I'm working hard every day, still almost companies are taking a rest now. Please kindly understand. |
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01-03-2008, 03:24 AM
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| Old Timer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Planet Mongo in the country of PAF
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Montreaux I sent you an email message using the forum tools but not sure you'll get it. CAn you email me your email address or post it here? Thanks, Dave dave@sdpickups.com |
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01-03-2008, 03:44 AM
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right now (the year end/beginning period) it's sort of like Christmas or Thanksgiving in the 'States where people people go back home, holiday, feast, kill yourself with sake, choke on some mochi, etc. Tomorrow(Friday) some places may open but some might take a few days longer.
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01-03-2008, 10:04 AM
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Welcome, and thankyou for offering your service. Some suppliers like GJ and WSC are unreliable with deliveries so I'm sure that good products and service will be very welcome.
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01-03-2008, 01:12 PM
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| Old Timer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Planet Mongo in the country of PAF
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Amen, Same Lee Guy....
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01-03-2008, 09:19 PM
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this is really great having another source for parts....especially now that Andy C. is no longer selling parts from what he tells me. His covers were the best....dammit  |
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01-03-2008, 10:51 PM
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Dear, KevinT Who is Andy C ? Can I see photos of his covers ? |
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01-03-2008, 11:13 PM
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sure, Andy C. is Andrew Cunningham the owner of Tonerider Musical Accessories. He is based in China. He used to sell parts. Here is a link to his website: www.tonerider.com |
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01-03-2008, 11:39 PM
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Thank you, KevinT. I checked the website. I will update photos of my covers asap. |
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01-04-2008, 02:35 AM
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Man this will be great, Strat flat sets, hopefully tele stuff, Tele covers "good ones", Hum covers, hey, any chance on some good P90 bobbins, etc.... Pardon my drool....  |
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01-04-2008, 02:37 AM
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Just checked the tone rider site and it wont load,,? May be down or something, anybody heard from Andrew in a while?????????
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01-04-2008, 02:43 AM
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01-04-2008, 02:50 AM
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| Old Timer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Planet Mongo in the country of PAF
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Montreaux still waiting for a reply to my email. do you have a website, you mentioned updating your photos....where?
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01-04-2008, 07:31 PM
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Thanks for lots of inquiries. Right now I don't have website. Next week I will try to upload parts photo in somewhere. Please wait... |
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01-04-2008, 09:10 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Cornelius, Oregon
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As I'm sure you can see by now Montreux, there is a lot of pent-up demand for good parts and reliable supply at good prices. If you can follow through, you'll be set! I'm sure everyone will try to be as patient as they can be. Greg |
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01-04-2008, 09:58 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: hessen,germany on planet earth
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Hello Montreux, would be glad to hear from you. Best whishes for the new biz, david |
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01-05-2008, 03:39 AM
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| Old Timer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Planet Mongo in the country of PAF
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Don't forget guys this stuff will be shipped from Japan, so look for fairly hefty shipping costs through EMS. If I can get stuff I need quickly and reliably and better quality than I've been getting you've got my money, I've been spending more and more every year too....
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01-05-2008, 07:25 AM
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Air freight, freight forwarding and US duty will add 10-20% to the total bill. Figure $45 to wire a transfer and often a month or two for large orders to be processed. Patience is the operative word here.
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01-05-2008, 02:12 PM
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Not so fast, I've had small fairly hefty little parcels shipped via EMS from China and there were no customs charges and it got here in two weeks or less. If you're shipping a couple big ass boxes yeah you'll probably get dinged. It depends on if he is going to ask for 300 piece minimums like some do but I didn't get that impression. I just need 50 of those raw nickel covers, thats a pretty small box .....
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